The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-18

John NJ. Sanders, of Cocoa, has received
his appointment as County Commissioner
vice G. s. Hardee, resigned.
George A. Alba and T. e. Witsell are the
contractors for the new wall and concrete
wake "''out the post Office building at st.
Augustine.
A posi- Office has been established on Mer-
ritt's Island called Ireua. 1t is located north
of Me- .'tt at tl'e Field place, with S. J.
Field as postmaster.
Rev. NJ j. Foley, the secretary of Cardi-
nal Gibbons, who has been stopping for a
few winters at DeLaud, was in Sanford
Sunday, on a visit to Father Swemberg.
Messrs Wiley g. Jones, of Titusville, have
| Just finished shipping three-acre cabbage
crop from which they have realized $500
with some of the last shipments to be heard
| from.
The lumber business is booming in Titus
vile. L. C. Oliver sold so, 900 feet Monday,
and he is kept busy ordering MesSrs.
Bigelow e. Ensey are also doing big
business in the lumber trade.
A man at Cocoa, the other day, while
leading cow tied the rope around his waist
| that he might have the freedom of his
| hands to fill his pipe. The COW started for the
scrub, taking man and all with her. He be-
came entangled in the brush and got away.
A day or two ago while the steamer Geor-
gia was coming down the st. Johns river
those ON board discovered q very large buck
swimming in the river. The boat was i'm
mediately headed for the deer, but before it
could be run down it swan into shoal water
and escaped.
Eugene Hernandez, of st. Augustine,
while fishing for sea crab few days ago
caught one of an unknown species, at least
in that vicinity. The body was round and
much smaller than that of the ordinary sea
crab, while the claws were much longer
The most singular thing about the crab,
however, was its color, which was a bright
red.
The old coquina building on Hospital
street, st. Augustine, now occupied as a
warehouse by G. F. Hamblen, was sold early
this week for $4,000. This building is one
of the old landmarks, and has been visited
by thousands of tourists from all parts of
the world, who were attracted by its pecu-
liar interior construction, Photographic
views of which are still readily sold.
f. NJ. Locke, of New Orleans, who is now
at ST. Augustine, gave a coffee party
Wednesday noon at which was displayed
china set which was once the property of
Louis Philippe, King of France. The set
consists of seven cups and saucers, milk
pitcher, sugar bowl and coffee pot, and is
valued at $500, The Kings coat-of-arms
and his monogram are engraved on each
piece.
The old convent on Charlotte street, st.
Augustine, which was ordered to be re-
moved at the last Council meeting, was
built in 1860 by the Christian Brothers.
They used it for school purposes until their
eparture-toward the end of the war.
From 1867 to 1876 it was occupied by the
Sisters of st. Joseph, but since their re-
moval to the present convent the old build
ing has rapidly gone to ruin.
Mr.. Minis has given up his contract to
furnish poles for the Jupiter telegraph line,
and the contract has been awarded to Mr..
Arnold, of Sanford, the next lowest bidder
According to the terms of the bid Mr.. Minis
forfeits the difference between the two bids,
which will be 25c pole. t. G. O'Brien
will leave the first of the week to superin-
tend the construction Of the line, which will
be completed in six months.
A letter from Brooklyn, N. Y, received
in Jacksonville Monday, states that homes
are wanted for about 200 boys between the
ages of IL and 16 years, who are now wards
of the county in several of the institutions
, in that city. They are not vicious, but, on
the contrary, many are of most respectable
parentage, and their present situation Is due
to the misfortunes of their parents Many
are orphans and half orphans Their general
CUSTODY ana ulSpOSlUlOn is IN charge OF Inc
Department of Charities and Corrections,
to whom application should fbe made; A
The Welaka correspondent of the MORN
ING NEWS writes as follows: The frequent
rains, so far, in this month have proved very
beneficial. Corn is in tassel in many places.
Oats are ready to cut. An unusual amount
of field crops has been planted all through
this country, and people are fast finding out
that they can make themselves self-support-
ing. Young oranges are growing very fast,
and the trees never looked better. If one
wants to see Florida in her best clothes let
him take a look at her in summer when she
is in her fresh, green clothes The Soup
pernong grape crop promises to be I'M
mense The grapes seem to do well here.
SO far we find no enemy to the fruit, and
no trouble in making most excellent wine.
Our proposed railroad is still on the talk,
and we are confident it will be built. 1t
will add great advantage to US, though we
have the grand old river and very good boat
service. Our old veteran friend, Harry
Scott, was the recipient of a twenty two
years back pension from Uncle Sam the
other day; thus another receives his just
dues and is made happy.